Antiglare guard for headlights



Oct. 16 1923.

E- DAVID ANTIGLARE GUARD FOR HEADLIGHTS Filed Sept. 18. 1922 guard Patented eel.- ie'iezs.

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Be 1t known that L ERNEST DAvm, a, citiof the United States, residing at fMg y We d, in the county-105i Cooled-11d State of 5 Illinois, have ins 'ented ieerta-in net'v and use- 'ful *lniprevementsin Agntiglare Guardsfor i ieadliglits; of which the following is .a specification. 1 i

Fig- 2 is. awrezir elevation, with the lens Fig; ,3? is 12' vertical section on an enlarged :lhis invention relates to devices oztthatk:

li) character which are designed to prevent the glare froninutoinolnle and 0tl1l 'll( z1(l:llgl1t$ and ' 'i roin blinding the visionof an approaching;

driver, While at the same time perlnitting' the light raysto fully illuminate the 'road 15 we en edvaneejof theivehiele'; and the in:

non relates ITlOTQSPQQifiCHllY tetnet type dtenti-glere guards which ere capable of zipplication to known and standardimtikes o-t' head-l ghts Without-- requiring any spee :0 Ciiil construction, or alteration in, the latter.

The inain ohjects vor purposes o'f it'he in-j p xwlnc'h and theinner pe'r phe' V tween the lens andtheJens-supporting ring or rinret the head-lightffcusi-ng, prov i guard Wl161'6111 the eentr rigs of the l ght w llbe .suziieientlysot'tened 3 'topreveut glare reflect, and the leteralrays, deflected h the reflector-10f the heeddi ht will be thrown forwardly snd'dovznwardly V p p I p p v i 5' as of :ashgllow l-slmpe inemss-sec'tio j- '1 ift-ion of the dise'is eut sou-as to light-the read fora eensiderable me of sion .of an approaching); driver,t0

rorni' and structural integrity under zillhnorill {direct= istztncein advance of the carand below the;

(metal, "preferably tlur'ninum,- v

lighti' ess and j I I lf'ot'tlie disc inidway bett een th'e eenter' nd'tlge -;0pposite' sides,Irespeetively; are: it pair of 4:, to form; a ring inalserv'iee' conditions and witl out-" gi'nyi liab lity or dan er-0t easily becoming 'de- 4 I C 'torrned or misshapen.

=; Other oh'ects and attendant advanta es l .l .b

of the invention \villbe .spparentto; persons skilledin the art as thesame.hecoines'hetter..

understood by refereneeto the follovvf ng-.de- 1 en in eonnction with I I the latter al'idth'elring 1 disc is transversely .slitted andthe metal strip s lying between adjacent slits are bent tailed description, te

41': the accompanying drawing in Which I have illustrated practical and workable embodiment of the invention, and wherein equipped; with my strength. 3

central ring end translucent disc vmounted Fig; 5 is an enlargeddetailjeross seetion through one of the reintorcin g 'rihstaken cated the for 4rd portion ofthe usu'z -lheadlight housing or easing cont'ziiningthe light and 7 ordinery par lio lie frefleet'o'r I (not shown)". '11 des gnates the usual retaining" rm niflounted on the forward; end of the {easing J'VOQb'y sereivsor'rivets and'earrying a group of spaced" ahutnientlu s l3,hetvveen *ed ewtthe' ring; li isclamped the usuallens 14? i My improved anti glare"attachment'eonr prises e. concevove onvx disc I510 sheet which best combines ii thef 'qualit 'es' Extending s 16, one of outwardly pressed sti'it'e" lIig tail" in Fig.

which issshown in l f fir'ged metal at the margin :ed --backwerdlyon therein, tiikenen thefline. 4 '4 of Fig.' Ii

'ing' to the drawing; at His .indiof the'heedlight oinitteddor the sake 0 uclearness; H i

which stifiens "the Central, portion" of the disc. Beck oftlieflope'ning 17 is laid a disc: 18, of ground glass; or ordinary glass ether wisef'treeted to rend r the shine translucent the disc. 18 be'1n'g retained in place by inteflgrz il bent lugs 19f'emhraei'ng the periphery IOU of [the disc 18. Any ether "suitable means forniolinting and seeuring the disc 18love: the o" purvi iv ofthe p v Betweenithe vertical ribs 16 1nd; between 7 the inetal ot the Ielined louvers or vanes-2Q, between Whiclrthe ning- 17.-s ybe-empldyed within the light a a and by'which they as deside peripheral portions of the disc are,

and forward direc- 16 and the opposite flected in a downward tion. Between the ribs formed in the same "manner two similar series of vanes or louvers 21. The described" 'manner of forming the vanes onlouvers creates atthe ends of the latter warpedor twisted portions 22 (Fig. 5) by which they are integrally joined to theribs 16,1the centralring l7, and the peripheral portion' 23 of the disc, which latter isbent to torm a mar inal flange b which the disc is clam ed and securely held between thevinner periphveryof the retainingringll and theilens 14-, I as clearly shown in F g. 3. These Lwar'ped end portions of the vanes have the full widtl'i ot the ,latterand provide much stronger end supports for the vanes than is obtainable by the practice heretofore employed of slitting the Inetal at the ends of the vanes tor nearly the full width of the latter and then bending the vanes to the required inclina-' tion..- 'q

The sheet metal disc having thestructure described; is capable of being cutand 'bent ot the ring 1 vehicles.

into the describedftorm by one or two die press operations, and th'ecentral d1soj18 is ,asily and quickly applied by centering-lit behind the opening 17 against the rearsi'de T and then bending the clips 19 overits periphery. V y

lVith further reference to the louvers or vanes 20 and'21,'it will be observed by reference to Fig. 8 that the vanes in the upper half of the discare so formed as tovhave a slightly, greater downward inclination than the vanes-in the lower half of the disc. This produces-a desirable distribution. and ditfusion of thel light rays along the roadway and prevents any o'tthe director reflected light rays from strik ng into the eyes of pedestrians ordrivers traveling in the 0p posite direction. The central {1180718136} mits the passage of sufficient hght to make head-lights. easily visible at a distance, but

dims and softens the light sufficiently to make it unob]ec t1onable andtre from any blinding effect to the ClI'lVQIS of pass ng I claimf V ln inanti glare comprising a concave-convex sheet metal disc having a series of transverse downwardly and forwardly inclined louvers and a central ring, and a flat disc oft-ranslucent material mounted in said ring. 7 7' s 2. An antiglare guard for head-lights, comprising a concave-convex sheet metal disc formed with apair of vertical ribson comprisingguard for head-lights,

opposite sides of the center of said disc respectively, and extending between the top and bottom peripheral portions of the latter, three groups of transverse downwardly and forwardly inclined louvers lying between said ribs and between the latter and the side sheet metal spectively, and with a centralring lying be tween-said ribs, said-disc bein'fz transversely 'slitted between said ribs and between "the latter and the side peripheral portions of said disc,"and having the portions between adjacent slitsgbent or warped out of the planeot the disc to term lonvers between which the light'rays pass and are deflected in a downwardly and torwardlyinclinod direction, and a disc oftranslucent material mounted in said ring.

4. An anti-glare, guard for head-lights, comprisinp a concave-convex sheet metal disc formed with pair of outwardly pressed vertical stiffening ribs ot' substantially'Vash'apein cross section on opposite sides of the center or said disc, respectively, and with central ringllying between said ribs, integral transverse downwardly and forwardly inclined louvers between said ribs and between the latter and the side periplr eral portions of said disc,and disc of: trans luc'ent material mounted in said ring.

5. An anti-glare guard or headlights, comprising concave-convex. sheet metal disc having a series of transv :se downwardlyand forwardly inclined louvers and a central ring, and a disc. of translucent ma-' terial mounted insaid r1ng;-the lourers in the upperhalt of said disc being inclined lownwardly at a greater angle troni the thereof. I

6; An anti-glare'guard for headlights. comprising at concavo-convex sheet metal horizontal than the louvers lathe lower half trallring, and aseries of transv rse downwardly and forwardly inclined louver-s, and

aground glass disc mounted in said ring;

the louvers in'the upper half otsaid disc,

being inclined downwardly at a greater qangle "from the horizontal than the louvers in the lower half thereof, I p

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i .110 disc formed-with a. marginal'ilan ea cen 1 

